I was wondering if anyone had any ideas about changing b&w line are to colored line art? Here is the scenario:
I am working on learning how to color comic-book style line art using channels instead of layers-and in that way I have not been able to figure out a brush style or blending style that will allow me to change the color of different parts of the black and white line art. I know how to do it using layers, but I keep seeing over and over again that channels are the way to go.
Any ideas from someone who is a bit more channel-savy than myself?

Thanks-Jerry

Here are some links for you: http://www.pensnpixels.com/tutorials.shtml http://www.steeldolphin.com/tutorials_photoshop.php http://www.polykarbon.com/tutorials/html/channels2.html - Bjorn

http://sean.sevspace.com but to do it so as to get more than one colour for the lineart in different area and by using channels I would make the new channel for the lineart, load the selection but instead of filling it with a solid colour, then use the resulting marching ant selections and the paintbrush tool to paint in the required colours in the various areas - easy!

Here's what I say. Pay no attention to what some expert tells you is the way to go. Find a method that works for you. I'm sure I do a lot of things in different ways than people think is the best way. But I find what works best for me and I stick with it. I rarely use channels, and then only for color correction in photos. That's one of the nice things about Photoshop, you can do the same thing a lot of different ways.

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Thank you everyone for the suggestions. I will try a few different things and see what does work best for me. I'll let you know how it turns out!